Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank

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Millennium development goal (MDG) 5 Target
5A calls for the reduction of maternal mortality
ratio by three quarters between 1990 and
2015. It has been a challenge to assess the
extent of progress due to the lack of reliable
and accurate maternal mortality data –
particularly in developing-country settings
where maternal mortality is high.

As part of on
going efforts, the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and
the World Bank revised and improved earlier
methods to estimate maternal mortality in
1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2008; and
developed methodology to present trends
in maternal mortality from 1990 to 2008 at
country, regional, and global levels.